Dancing and Singing on the Titanic

The Dancing Girl (painting and silk cloth) in Lululaund mansion.  Image Credit

I typed the word “Titanic” into the album field of Freegal and found lots of collections of Titanic music.

One called Back to Titanic includes tracks from the motion picture that they didn’t get on the first album. You can get “An Irish Party in Third Class,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” and “Nearer My God to Thee,” among others.

One called Music Aboard the Titanic has several pieces of music that were popular in 1912 - ragtime, light classical, and waltzes.

Another is Titanic Tunes: A Sing-Along in Steerage which includes rousing songs like “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” and “Glorious Beer.”

And the last is Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage. This album includes many of the songs mentioned by passengers who survived the shipwreck. Tracks include "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Shine on Harvest Moon," and "Songe d'Automne," which many credible survivor accounts indicate was the last song played by the band.